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1. Man of His Times

Baz says : This song began as a conscious attempt to sit down and write a definitive original ‘Slim & Baz’ song – (something that never actually existed before) and I’m happy to say I think I came pretty close with this one. It’s a little bit country, sits nicely in open D on the resonator guitar, has a bunch of (I guess what you’d call) ‘unserious’ lyrics - grooves along nicely, and we could play it straight up, with out having to think too much. Hugh Hefner got into the picture because he was about as far from old-timey, hillbilly music as you can get – which I guess is called ‘creative tension’. And once ol’ Hugh had said hello, well…it all just flowed on naturally from there until, to my delight, I found out what I was actually writing about when I got to the last verse...

Good old Hugh Hefner -He knows how to liveHe never toed no careful lineHe saw just how a simple man like me should liveHe is a man of his times

Lives in a mansionWith a heated poolHe’s got such good taste in fine wineHe’s had more ladies than a man like me could dreamKnows how to have a good time

Old Albert EinsteinTurned Time into SpaceThen he turned Space back into TimeHe was the genius of RelativityHe was a man of his times

Then there was Elvis, Elvis was the KingHe was a hero of mineThe way his story went it was a tragedyCame to the end of the line

Somewhere in HeavenThere’s a party going onAnd Johnny Cash is still walking the lineWhen the Man in Black went down in a Ring of FireHe was a man of his times

We all need heroes, and a little hopeAnd we’ll all get along just fineJust like Hugh Hefner sitting in my swimming poolI’ll be a man of my timesJust like Hugh Hefner I’m gonna be so coolHe was a Man of His Times.